Stories by Jason Cross

Heavy helicopter presence over certain communities within the Corporate Area has been explained by Col Jamie Ogilvie, the man in charge of operations at the Jamaica Defence Force, as a method for deterring, detecting, and defeating criminals in...

Head of the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) Terrence Williams is expressing hope that the Government will respond favourably to the commission's appeal for investigators and other resources, which will allow them to properly probe...

He has been working assiduously behind the scenes for the last few years, but Gareth Manning has now ascended to the presidency of the Rotary Club of Trafalgar New Heights, and has already pledged, as a major focus, to offer well needed educational...

As police and military personnel gear up to take over designated communities under the Zones of Special Operations Act, Superintendent of Police in charge of the Corporate Communications Unit, Stephanie Lindsay, is appealing for the public's support...

As a way to promote the use of cameras in the hope of assisting Jamaica's transition from a crime-ridden society into a more peaceful one, Minister of National Security Robert Montague has indicated that the Government is looking into the...

Taking into consideration the large quantities of illicit drugs seized since the start of the year at the island's various ports of entry, the police are once again warning Jamaicans to avoid involvement in the illicit drug trade as they have...

While throwing suggestions at the Government, particularly the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, with regard to it meeting a favourable minimum wage standard, Tambourine Army and We-Change co-founder Nadeen Spence believes that the local...

One of the island's long-practising psychiatrists, Dr E Anthony Allen, has suggested that there is a local shortage of psychiatric professionals who, he believes, are crucial to preventing young people from taking their own lives.Allen...

Demonstrating the importance of taking a step back sometimes before continuing forward, professional photographer Amanda Lazarus has emerged from the darkness of low self-esteem to a position where she can now help save the downtrodden through her...

Director of Crime Stoppers International Dave Cording is warning the Jamaican Government that it should carefully consider not raising taxes too much as that would only make the illicit trading of goods more lucrative for organised gangs.Cording was...

An international law enforcement expert is warning that increased taxation on goods such as alcohol and tobacco could lead to more revenues for gangsters. Senior Operations Manager of Crime Stoppers International, Dave Cording, says this is because...

After breaking herself free from 18 months of torture, during which she was trafficked and forced to work as a prostitute in the United States (US), Shamere McKenzie is now on the path of enlightening young people around the world on how to avoid...

National Security Minister Robert Montague says the crackdown on the flow of illegal guns and ammunition into the island has resulted in an increase in the price of illegal bullets being sold on the black market. According to Montague,...

Intelligence reaching National Security Minister, Robert Montague, has indicated that the price of illegal ammunition being sold on the local market has increased because of the recent procurement of two Coast Guard ships.Speaking at a press...

National Security Minister Robert Montague says there will now be more frequent vehicular stop and search operations by the police as they move to stem the trafficking of weapons. According to Montague, police analysis has revealed that five...

Some local individuals in top leadership positions have been accused by social anthropologist Dr Herbert Gayle of not firmly upholding their stance against corruption, which he cited as the major reason for the breakdown in the central political...

The controversial bust of National Hero Marcus Garvey at the University of the West Indies, Mona campus, was heavily guarded by security personnel yesterday as protesters unhappy with the look of the sculpture took to nearby Papine to make public...

Two members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force were hospitalised yesterday in serious condition after the service vehicle they were travelling in crashed into a wall along Slipe Road in Kingston.Initial reports were that the driver of the service...

Citizens who turned out on Monday for the launch of the Caribbean Policy Research Institute's (CaPRI) two-year project, designed to address national security issues, did not hesitate to direct their frustration about crime at a panel that included...

Shamere McKenzie recently captured the attention of many as she gave a heart-wrenching account of how she was trafficked and forcibly put to work as a prostitute on the streets of the United States.She was lured into the sex-selling business after...

Commissioner of Police George Quallo says he is concerned about the alarming numbers of illegal firearms finding their way on to Jamaican shores. At the same time, he has expressed optimism that a surveillance aircraft, which has been procured by...

Last year around this time, Racquel Fullerton could not hold back the tears, as she struggled with the reality that her son, Ricque Fullerton, would be forced to attend an all-age school, because he developed diarrhoea while sitting the mathematics...

The People's National Party (PNP) said that it was concerned about murder statistics, which have revealed that up to last week Saturday, 639 persons had been killed since the start of the year. The first 10 days of June accounted for 68 of those...

Economic crises in Venezuela may propel that country to the position of one of the Caribbean's largest supplier of illegal guns and ammunition, along with Haiti and the United States of America, says Anthony Clayton, professor of Caribbean...

Despite having the capacity to supply almost 50 per cent of bottled water companies in Jamaica with their most important commodity, the National Water Commission (NWC) has managed to hold itself back from delving into producing and distributing NWC-...